Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Patent
1996-06-17
1997-12-02
Passaniti, Sebastiano
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
473340, 473332, 473350, 294 192, A63B 5304, A63B 4702
Patent
active
056929684
ABSTRACT:
A golf club that enables a golfer to retrieve a ball from the ground as well as from a cup includes a club head having a front striking surface. A ball pickup structure includes a concave recess extending into a rear end surface of the body, the concave recess having a generally cylindrical conformation and an axis generally parallel to the striking surface. A pair of resilient fingers are secured to the rear end surface of the body and spaced apart to straddle the concave recess. The fingers include curved interior surfaces disposed in confronting relationship to the concave recess. The fingers and the concave recess together define a lower opening having a longitudinal (front-to-back) dimension slightly less than a golf ball diameter The lower opening may be placed superjacent to a golf ball and the head urged downwardly so that the ball moves relatively upwardly into the lower opening. The distal ends of the fingers flex outwardly to permit the ball to pass into the lower opening and move upwardly, the distal ends of the fingers asserting a gripping effect, whereby the user may retrieve and lift the ball. A thin lip extends rearwardly from the upper surface of the club head into the concave recess. The lip defines an upper opening that is narrower than the concave recess in the front-to-back dimension, and serves as a positional stop for the ball pickup structure. A ball lodged in the pickup position may be impinged against the ground, urging the ball relatively upwardly so that the lip and the distal ends of the fingers support the ball in freely releasable fashion.
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It is believed that the prior art also includes a Merlin Industries putter that is capable of picking up a ball, but the details are not known. A photocopy of an ad is submitted.
It is also believed that there is a McQuick Putter having a rubber O-ring and a push button ball release for retreiving and releasing a ball.
Blau Stephen L.
Passaniti Sebastiano
Zimmerman Harris
LandOfFree
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